Scientists have discovered how to turn molecules made by everyday toxic mold into highly effective cancer-fighting drugs.

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In a twist, researchers at the University of Virginia and the National Institutes of Health uncovered a new organelle, dubbed ...

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That extra step, however, might hold a key for better understanding certain genetic conditions, many of which stem from ...

Cell wall components from Borrelia burgdorferi lingered in the mouse liver for weeks, suggesting new therapeutic avenues for ...

Here we use cryogenic electron microscopy to determine the structure of TbAQP2 from Trypanosoma brucei, bound to either the substrate glycerol or to the sleeping sickness drugs, pentamidine or ...

The bill has to pass the House again before the president can sign it into law, and the difficulty for Republicans is not ...

Here we present cryoelectron crystallographic analysis of an isolated dimeric oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II (at a resolution of ~0.9 nm), revealing that the D1–D2 reaction center (RC ...

This article makes a valuable contribution to the field by uncovering a molecular mechanism for miRNA intracellular retention, mediated by the interaction of PCBP2, SYNCRIP, and specific miRNA motifs.

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